Rural NC medical school trains 60 for state needs
The University of North Carolina Medical School has started its first year with 60 North Carolina residents, 24 from rural counties, from 31 counties overall. The class, chosen from 350 applicants, aims to address the state's shortage of doctors for rural areas. The included photo lists students in five rows and names many residents from cities such as Charlotte, Raleigh, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem.
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University of North Carolina Medical School
North Carolina
The
University
University Medical School
American Aid Blamed For Prolonging Chinese War
The Catholic Yi Shih Pao in Nanking accuses American aid of prolonging the Chinese civil war and calls for ending U S assistance to the Nationalists. Archbishop Paul Yupin, visiting the United States, oversees the anti Communist stance and says aid serves U S military objectives and political interference in China.
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Nanking
Yi Shih Pao
Paul Yupin
U. S
United States
China
U.S
Interfe
Meetings Called To Plan Scouts Summer Camping
The High Point district Boy Scouts Uwharrie council camping committee will meet tomorrow at 7:30 PM to discuss summer camp plans. Only four troops have registered 63 of 640 places so far, with Troops 7 20 805 and 441 submitting blanks. expect heavy registration between March 15 and April 1 as capacity fills each week.
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High Point
Boy Scouts’ Uwharrie Council
B. Wackney
Hackney
Persecution Denied By Communists
In Sofia on March 1 the Bulgarian Communist publication Free Bulgaria denies religious persecution in the treason trial of 15 Protestant ministers. It calls the ministers rats and says they spill the beans while awaiting verdicts. The prosecution seeks death for four and prison for the others.
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Sofia
Bulgaria
Free Bulgaria
United States
Voice of America
Government Press Department
World Council of Churches
Britain
Violence Takes Three Lives In North Carolina
Three men died in North Carolina last weekend in separate incidents. Virgil Outlaw, 35, a Lincolnton businessman, drowned at Lake Hickory during a fishing trip. In Whiteville a gunfight left Richard Arden Smith, 26, dead and Leander Kelly in critical condition. Martha Honeycutt, 45, of Jacksonville, died after being struck by a passenger train at a Mooresville crossing.
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Associated Preps
North Carolina
Virgil Outlaw
Lincolnton
Lake Hickory
Whiteville
Richard Arde
N Smith
Leander Kelly
Martha Honeycutt
Jacksonville
N. C
Mooresville
Anti Tito Airlift Reported by Frankfurt Paper
Frankfurt Abendpost quoted Budapest radio reporting a Russian organized anti Tito airlift. The plan is two weekly flights from Budapest to Tirana across 450 miles using four engined bombers and Russian pilots. Albania sits apart from its Cominform neighbors due to Tito's Yugoslavia.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Frankfurt Abendpost
Budapest
Tirana
Albania
Marshall Tito
Yugoslavia
Postal Receipts Rise in High Point Despite Depression
High Point postal receipts climb each month, with February 1949 totaling 40,988.90 dollars compared to 32,225.21 the year before. Assistant Postmaster J. C. Payne notes the rise mirrors a similar increase last month despite a perceived downturn.
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High Point
J. C. Payne
Payne
Elevators Could Move Colorado Population in One Trip
A historical note claims that by loading 1,144,000 people into ten passenger elevators in daily service, the entire Colorado population could be moved in a single trip.
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Colorado
Deaths and Funerals Lt Cody D Stout
Lt. Cody D. Stout eldest son of Mr and Mrs C D Stout 1113 Centennial Ave was buried at Floral Garden cemetery with full military honors and service by Rev Woodrow W Robbins. He enlisted 1942 commissioned 1944 served with the 15th air force as a P 38 pilot killed July 19 1944 over Munich. Survived by parents one brother and three sisters.
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Cody D. Stout
C. D. Stout
Centennial Avenue
Floral Garden
Woodrow W. Robbins
North Park
Munich
Germany
Stout
Richard Wayne
Ruth Graham
Flota Aileen
Paul Bullin
High Point
Obituary notices for George Smyrnes and Zeta Mae Barbour
George Smyrnes 74 died at 3 30 this morning in a local hospital after a ten day illness. A Greek native, he came to the United States 38 years ago and lived in High Point 12 years, working on Rainbow farm the last eight. He leaves no immediate relatives. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 30 pm in Yow's Funeral home with Rev Thomas simos of the Greek Orthodox church Winston Salem officiating. Burial in Oakwood cemetery. Zeta Mae Barbour wife of Olen Barbour died Sunday at 12 30 pm at her 300 West Point avenue home after an extended illness. Born January 7 1900 in Rowan county she came to High Point with her husband from Durham a year ago. Surviving are the husband a son Charles C Greenhill a former marriage her parents Mr and Mrs T J Deadman a sister Mrs C J Bur cess and two brothers Charles C Deadmon and Homer H Deadmon of this city. Funeral services were held at Yow's Funeral Home this afternoon at 2 30 with Rev Kenneth F Jones officiating. The body was moved to Howertown Bryan Funeral home in Durham for graveside rites at Eno cemetery Tuesday morning.
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George Smyrnes
Smyrnes
Greece
United States
High Point
Rainbow Farm
Thomassimos
Greek Orthodox Church
Winston-Salem
Oakwood Cemetery
Zeta Mae Barbour
Olen Barbour
West Point Avenue
Barbour
Rowan County
T. J
Georgia Loflin Deadman
Durham
Charles C. Greenhill
C. J. Burcess
Charles C. Deadmon
Homer H. Deadmon
Yow
Funreal
Kenneth F. Jones
First Church of God
Howertown-Bryan
Eno
Last rites for W Clyde Hawks held in Thomasville church
W Clyde Hawks 49 died Friday at his home 413 Griffith Street. Rites were conducted at Unity Methodist Church Sunday afternoon by Rev. Byron Nifong, Rev. D A Oakley, and Rev. S D Baker. Choir, organists, and a trio provided music. Pallbearers included J J Embry and J D Williams. Interment followed in the church cemetery family plot.
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Thomasville
Mar
W. Clyde Hawks
Griffith Street
Unity Methodist Church
Byron Nifong
D. A. Oakley
S. D. Baker
Unity Church
Robert Hundley
Cicero Hunt
Leyton Rule
Wilmont
M. G Long
J. J. Embry
J. 1D Williams
Noah Aderholt
J. R. Murphy
Clifford Hall
Lloyd Matthews
Johnny Creed
Rufus Pritchett
Johnnie Creed
Mary Catlett
Church
Funeral services held for John B. Spencer
Funeral services for John B. Spencer 63 prominent local business leader and High Point Hardware president died Friday evening were conducted from the residence Sunday at 3 p.m. by ministers from First Methodist Memorial Methodist and Hickory churches with solo and men’s quartet music. Flowers were arranged by First Methodist ladies and Spencer’s nieces. pallbearers included J. H. Walker Gorrell Payne George Haltom J. C. Welch K. R. Allman and D. A. Dowdy. Burial followed at Oakwood Cemetery.
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John B. Spencer
High Point Hardware Company
Kenneth Goodson
First Methodist Church
Wilson O. Weldon
Memorial Methodist Church
Thomasville
J. Clay Madison
Hickory
Argie Wood
Carl G. N. Cronstedt
Jim Ehret
Robert Allred
Spencer
Myrtle Davis
J. H. Walker
Gorrell Payne George Haltom
J. C. Welch
K. R. Allman
D. A. Dowdy
Oakwood Cemetery
Funeral rites for Pvt Fred L Potts WWII soldier
Funeral services for Pvt. Fred L. Potts 19 a World War II soldier were held Sunday at 2 pm from his brother Melvin Potts home 331 Ennis Street Rev J C Reynolds of Ennis Street Wesleyan Methodist Church led the service music was provided by a quartet Clyde Connor Glenn Connor Jack Kimble John Kimble and a ladies quartet Mrs M W Childress Mrs M A Childress Mrs John Pitman and Mrs John Lookabill Jr. with accompaniment
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L. Potts
Fred L. Potts
Melvin Potts
Ennis Street
J. C. Reynolds
Wesleyvan Methodist Church
Clyde Connor
Glenn Connor
Jack Kimble
John Kimble
Funeral for Robert E. Gray to be held in Mechanicsville church
Robert E. Gray 79 of the city died Sunday night at his daughter's home at 1505 Harmon street after a long illness. Born August 15 1869 in Randolph county he worked 22 years for Continental Furniture before 1939. Survived by three daughters Mrs J H Carter Mrs J A Waters Mrs Hubert Means three sons Claude Carl Roland 31 grandchildren and many great grandchildren. Services Tuesday at 2 30 pm at Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist church with burial in Mechanicsville cemetery. Body to be returned home today at 4 pm.
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Robert E. Gray
Continental Furniture Company
J. M. Carter
Harmon Street
Randolph County
Sirona Swaney
Primitive Baptist Church
J. H. Carter
J. A. Waters
Pikeville
Hubert Means
Thomasville
Claude
Colfax
Carl
Goldsboro
Roland
Irwin
Tenn
Mechanicsville Primitive Baptist Church
Mechanicsville
Mrs W R Hughes of Franklinville Dies at 78
Mrs. W R Hughes 78 of Route 1 Franklinville died at her home Friday night. Former Miss Joxanna Roberson she leaves five daughters and three sons with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was a long time member of Pleasant Ridge Christian church and last rites were held at the church Sunday afternoon at 3 with burial in the church cemetery.
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Franklinville
W. R. Hughes
Route 1
Joxanna Roberson
C. B. Melvin
T. C. Archer
Greensboro
Haywood Parks
W. S. Jones
Ramseur
J. J. Wilson
Charlotte
A. C., Hughes
Cincinnati
Ohio
W. Dawson Hughes
Asheboro
J. R. Hughes
Durham
W. B. Roberson
Greensbro
Alonzo Fountain
McLeansville
Body of Pvt. Truman W. Langley arrives for funeral
The body of Pvt. Truman W. Langley U S Army arrived at Farlow Funeral Home on Friday for burial arrangements.
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Asheboro
Pvt
Truman W. Langley
U.S. Army
Farlow Funeral Home
Mrs. Howard Sprague 36 Dies After Illness
Mrs. Howard Sprague 36 longtime Seagrove resident dies after a two week illness in Winston-Salem hospital. Former Miss Mary Auman daughter of Mrs. Mattie Auman and the late Frank Auman she taught at Seagrove High School before marriage to Randolph Lingerie executive. Survived by husband son Frankie 8 sister Mrs Leonard Teel brother Howard Auman of Asheboro. Funeral at Auman home with ministers Creech and Green. Interment Oakwood Cemetery.
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Asheboro
Howard Sprague
Winston-Salem
Sprague
Mary Auman
Mattie
Luck Auman
Worth Street
Frank Auman
Seagrove
Randolph County
Woman's College
Dallas
Texas
J. Schneierson and Sons, Inc
Randolph Lingerie, Inc
Randleman
Frankie Sprague
Rerother
Auman
Leonard Teel
Howard Auman
Route 3
Harlan L. Creech, Jr
First Methodist Church
T. J Green
Ramseur
Kate Hammer
Asheboro City Manager Brings News of Father's Death
E C Brandon Jr the Asheboro city manager learned Friday night of the death in Bedford Virginia of his father Dr Erwin Carter Brandon 60 a former medical examiner for the Norfolk and Western Railway He was born in Lafayette Kentucky graduated Vanderbilt 1909 youngest practicing physician in the United States Dr Brandon served in World War I in the army medical corps His survivors include his wife former Miss Pansy Rule two sons E G Brandon Jr of Asheboro and John W Brandon of Smyrna Tennessee a daughter Mrs W Cross Jr of Greensboro and a brother E W Brandon of Ruleville Mississippi.
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Asheboro
Brandon, Jr
Kings Mountain
Erwin Carter Brandon
Bedford
Brandon
Norfolk and Western Railway
LaFayette
Vanderbilt University
United States
Army Medical Corps
Pansy Rule
E. G Brandon, Jr
John W. Brandon
Smyrna
Nessee
W. §. Cross, Jr
Greensboro
E. W. Brandon
Ruleville
Miss
Last rites for Mrs Essie Moore Siigley held in Thomasville
Mrs Essie Moore Siigley died at her brother Carl A Moore’s Fisher Ferry street home Friday night. Funeral services were Sunday at J C Green and Sons funeral home with Rev Wilson Weldon of Memorial Methodist Church officiating. Miss Jean Gilliam and Miss Pauline Walker sang with Richard Van Seiver at the piano. Pallbearers included J R Blair Joe Johnson Arthur Black Fred Gray Finley Atkinson and Walter Rapp. Interment followed in the Shelley plot at the city cemetery.
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Thomasville
Essie Moore Siiglley
Hrr
Carl A. Moore
Fisher Ferry Street
J. C. Green
S Funeral
Rev. Wilson
Weldon
Memorial Methodist Church
Jean Gilliam
Pauline Walker
Richard van Seiver
J. R. Blair
Joe Johnson
Arthur Black
Fred Gray
Finley Atkinson
Walter Rapp
Shelley
Thomaville Man Dies After Illness at Sister’s Home
Howard Jones 54 a Thomaville resident died at 5 p m yesterday at the home of his sister Mrs A W Lackey 105 Tistes Street He had been ill a week and declining for a year Born Randolph County February 28 1895 he was the son of Franklin and Cynthia Hughes Jones Surviving are his sister and others in Thomaville per notice
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Thomaille
A. W. Lackey
Tistes Street
Sc.ously
Eng
Randolph County
Franklin
Cynthia Hughes
Thomasville
Mar
Obituary for Augusta Lizzie Kanoy of Thomasville
Miss Augusta Lizzie Kanoy longtime Thomasville resident dies after extended illness at home of nephew Millis Kanoy Survived by three brothers A P Kanoy C A Kanoy Thomas Kanoy one sister Mrs Clay Craven Funeral at Calvary Reformed Church Monday at 2 PM Interment in church cemetery
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Thomasville
Augusta Lizzie Kanoy
Route 1
Millis Kanoy
Davidson County
David and
Louisa Clinard Kanoy
Calvary Evangelical and Reformed Church
A. P. Kanoy
C A. Kanoy
Thomas Kanoy
Warrenburg
Clay Craven
Calvary Reformed Church
Funeral for Numa O Harri 802 in Salem church
Funeral services for Numa O Harri 802 were held at Salem Methodist church Randolph on Saturday afternoon. Wilson O Weldon and Rev James Fitzgerald officiated. The church choir accompanied by Mrs Ethel Bain sang two songs. Burial followed in the church cemetery with pallbearers named as relatives and friends.
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Thomasville
Numa O. Harri- 802
Joe Welborne
Sale Methodist Church
Randolph
Wilson O. Weldon
Recanonial Methodist Church
James Fitzgerald
Salem Methodist Church
Ethel Bain
Flowers
Death of Three-Day-Old Fred Die Allen Southen
Fred die Allen Southen three day old son of Cecil R and Nora Lee Lawson Southen of Trinity Route 2 died at a local hospital this morning at two o’clock. Survived by parents paternal grandparents Wakefield Southern Trinity Route 2 and maternal grandparents Berry Lawson Trinity Route 2. Body at Walker funeral home until Tuesday morning at 10 with arrangements incomplete.
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Thomasville
Mar
Freddie Allen Southern
Cecil R
Nora Lee Lawson Southen
Trinity
Archdale
Wakefield Southern
Bary Lawson
Walker
Maher to settle in Tipperary with prefabricated house
James Maher the Pinehurst hotel manager retires next June and plans a quiet return to his native Ireland. His prefabricated house arrived today in 59 crates aboard the steamer Irish Pine, easing his housing plans for a settled life in Tipperary.
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Cork
Eire
James Maher
Pinehurst
North Carolina
Tipperary
Model plane wreck found near Longniddry
Four ambulances rushed to Longniddry after a report of a crash in Edinburgh area. They found only wreckage of a three foot model plane with no injuries or fatalities.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Musselburgh
Haddington
Longniddry
High Point News Briefs About Local Marriages and Divorce
Local marriages listed include Richard FE Hanes with Mary Lou Briles. Robert L Melton with Ruth K Stafford. Junius M Lyerly with Nancy N Messmer. John W King Jr with Florence M Hester. Robert L Howell with Pearle Hutchins. A divorce suit was filed in Municipal court by Walter C Spencer against Elsie J Spencer. A building project description notes a brick structure with 11 rooms across two floors and a basement.
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Richard FE. Hanes
Mary Lou Briles
Robert L. Melton
Ruth K. Stafford
High Point
Junius M. Lyerly
Nancy N. Messmer
Salisbury
John W. King, Jr
Wallburg
Florence M. Hester
Winston- Salem
Robert L. Howell
Cana
Pearle M. Hutchins
Yadkinville
Walter C. Spencer
Elsie J. Spencer
Building Permit Issued for Office Building on Hamilton Street
A building permit worth 41775 dollars was issued to Henry Paper Company this morning to erect an office building at 125 South Hamilton Street in front of the existing company structure. R. K. Stewart and Sons are the contractors for the construction.
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Henry Paper Company
Hamilton Street
R. K. Stewart and Sons
State inspection lanes pass with 249 405 vehicles inspected
Raleigh reports 249 405 vehicles were inspected before Feb 25. Director Arthur Moore notes the figure compares to 255 073 in the first half of last year. Legislature considers replacing the program with highway spot checks.
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Raleigh
Arthur Moore
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Washington
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Wallace
Charles R. Vernon
Morganton
Harvey W. Johnston
John W. Sawyer
Gatesville
Newlin P. Schenck
Shelby
Bate C. Troutman
Adder
Gordon R. Heath
Kinston
John F. Trotter
Warren G. Wright
Mars Hill
Jack ©. Carson
Bethel
B. K. Grow
William S. Joyner
Kernersville
George Johnson
Wilmington
John O. Perritt
Rocky Mount
Agnes L. Lawing
Gertrude M. Archer
Mary Alice Blue
Carthage
John R. Wilkinson
Jack L. Watters
Chapel Hill
Laurence B. Leinbach
William L
Lenoir
George F. Tucker
Whitakers
Lowell E. Brittain
Statesville
Charles P. Adams
Heyward C. Bellamy
John T. Dees
Burgaw
Eugene B. Sharpe
Claiborne T. Smith, Jr
Wanda Allen
Archie Lamb
Elsie Elliott
Linda Dowdy
Odell Jones
Levy Stacey
Floyd Revis
John Younts
Willie Shaw
James Cash
Vernon Shusky
Howard Elliott
Otis Revis
Allen Dinkins
High Point Post No. 619
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Advance Methodist Church
Langley
Montepescali
Italy
Florie B. Langley
Denver Langley
High Point College
Lackey
Piney Grove Methodist Clarely
Robert FE. Gray
W. KR. Hughes
Truman Langley
Mrs. Howard Sprague
KE. C. Brandon, SR
Mrs. Jessie Shellyy
Howard Jones
Miss Augusta Kanoy
Numa Harrison
Southen Infant
High Point News
U.S.S. Saipan
Caribbean
Navy
Mister Breger
E. Simms Campbell
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